Legal Opinion
Manuel Lee Runnels, Cross-Appellant v. Norman Hess, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1981No. 80-1081 and 80-1083PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
Respondent Norman Hess, Warden of the Oklahoma state penitentiary, appeals the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to Manuel Lee Runnels, a State of Oklahoma inmate. Runnels cross-appeals the denial of relief on several other issues presented below.
Runnels was convicted in an Oklahoma state court of first degree rape. See Runnels v. State, 562 P.2d 932 (Okl.Cr.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 893, 98 S.Ct. 270, 54 L.Ed.2d 179 (1977).1 Following the exhaustion of his state remedies, Runnels brought this action for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Codianna v. MorrisUtah Supreme Court · 1983
- United States ex rel. Caruso v. ZelinskyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- James Lee Spencer v. Walter D. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- George L. Reynolds v. Jack C. Ellingsworth, Warden and Charles M. Oberly, IIICourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Robert C. Butler v. Jim Rose, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
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